But “your characters’ identities are such that romance readers won’t want to read about them, and romance publishers won’t want to buy a book about them?” That’s not fixable. I didn’t want to fix it. It’s one thing to hear “your book’s not that good.” It’s quite another to hear “your book’s great! But peasants don’t sell.” That, to me, is not acceptable.
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Alli Temple: How to Keep Writing in Unprecedented Times
Remember when times were precedented? Yeah, me neither, but let’s assume there was a moment. The world needs stories of all kinds. If you’re struggling to keep writing in unprecedented times, here are a few strategies that might help.
Leonor Soliz: Seven Lessons in Indie Publishing
If I were to start over as a self published author, these are the most impactful things I wish I had known.